Guest post by Vishal Persaud For more than 20,000 years, civilizations across the world have weaved – from the ancient Egyptians in the Nile River Valley to the Navajo of the American Southwest. Chances are that someone or something weaved that shirt or pair of jeans you’re wearing. But since the times of the ancient [...]

The second annual Creative Week NYC is coming up May 10-16, and there are plenty of artsy events to be had. While many of them cost money to attend (in a couple of cases, quite a lot), several of the events next week are free. Check them out: Monday, May 10: Parsons Illustration Senior Show [...]

Barbed-wire t-shirts, kimchee hotdogs, and a hand-painted portrait of your beloved ten-speed bike.  When Deb Klein organizes a craft fair, she makes sure to mix it up. Klein, who’s been running the Food and Craft Market series at the Brooklyn Lyceum for the past two years, has quotas for popular items like jewelry and soap. [...]

Dirty Hands team members Krissy, Joe, and Annie ventured out to Park Slope this past week to learn the self-healing art of Reiki. The practice, taught out of Reiki master Heather Alexander’s cozy apartment, strives to bring balance, focus, energy, and relaxation to practitioners. Click the links below for our coverage of the event: Read [...]

Hi folks! Wanted to give everyone heads up that Dirty Hands NY will be attending a very cool DIY self-healing session held by Reiki Master Heather Alexander in her Park Slope apartment. Normally Reiki is done by a healer, but Alexander will be teaching tips on how to do DIY-healing. The event is being held [...]

Dirty Hands went to visit The Silent Barn in Ridgewood, Queens. The space has been home to many eclectic musical performance in recent years including Dan Deacon, These Are Powers, and Marnie Stern. Click here for a slideshow on the space.

Looking for some reading material? How about a nice lesson on making knitted postcards? Maybe some crafting advice? Whatever your dirty fancy, we’ve got the best of the best all laid out for you here at Dirty Hands NY. Links: The New York Times highlights the trend of taking photos of your food before you [...]

We all know new technology makes it easy for people to publish their thoughts without hesitation– and by PODCASTING, audiophiles make their own radio shows without a station. At Podpourri, a ‘variety show for the digital age,’ podcasters come out of their bedrooms and record a live show that is, in turn, podcasted. Tonight’s theme [...]

We all know new technology makes it easy for people to publish their thoughts without hesitation– and by PODCASTING, audiophiles make their own radio shows without a station. Follow me tonight at 8 p.m., when I LIVE BLOG from PodPourri at Galapagos Art Space in Brooklyn. At this ‘variety show for the digital age,’ podcasters [...]

Where can you find Jason Alexander, Candice Bergen, Meredith Vieira, and Yoko Ono all at the same time? The answer is Central Park. These world famous figures are just some of the many people who have lent their voices to Central Park’s self-audio guided tour. Visitors to the park can walk around at their leisure [...]